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  1. Job's Modelling

    shop design

    By Job's Modelling,

    Shops
    I like those old English shops. And a lot of nice pictures can be found on the internet. There is also a lot of information to find to create a believable shop front. Untill now I have created several shops for my Northall diorama’s. all with a different character.



    This was my second shop. Built for my Bridge Street project. Just using shop signs from Scalescenes.



    And one of my favourite scenes. The girl with the red dress. In this case a created the shop sign my self using Publisher. The colors for the shop sign and the fonts were a random choice.

    Shop design guide
    To create time based shops I did a lot of research on the internet and wrote my own shop design guide. This guide I will use in the future to create my shops. I have added the guide as PDF to this entry. I hope it will be useful. All fonts mentioned in the guide are to be downloaded free from the internet.

    Shop front design guide.pdf

    Creating a shop sign:
    I have mentioned the use of Publisher several times. I will try to explain how I create my shop signs.
    A start in Publisher with creating a text boxes with the right size.
    Then I decide in what time the shop was started. In this case in the 1950’s. So I adopted Optima as font. Then I look for a colour that fits with the shop that I want to build.
    Then you copy the upper textbox and drag it to another place.
    The smaller text box is also copied and dragged to the replaced upper box to create the definite sign.



    Then I save the Publisher file as an JPEG file. In my windows photo editor I cut out the final shop sign.



    The sign is than mostly out of size if you print it directly. So I copy and paste the sign to Word and if necessary I resize the sign.

    A.G.Smith

    This shop sign I will use on my first O scale vignette.

    Alfred George Smith carefully manage the grocery shop since 1956, providing good customer service and a wide variety of groceries to cover the needs of his costumers.
    Lucy Page is one of his regular customers.

    As usual comments asn suggestion are welcome.
    Kind regards,
    Job
  2. Job's Modelling

    The final box

    By Job's Modelling,

    After building the 3D sketch the final diorama box had to be build. I use for that a MDF “baseboard.” A friend of us cut baseboards for the coming time. Don’t be afraid you will see only this kind of diorama’s in the future. My granddaughter (6 years old now) asked me to build a railway on which a loco could run. So somewhere in the future I have to build a diorama in an APA box in which a train can shuffle around.
     

    I bought her in the past a Toby from Hornby. This loco is the reflection of my interest for the Wisbech and Upwell Tramway.
     
    I made a view adjustments for the final box. The sides have a small angle towards the back. I hope this will create some more depth into the diorama. I also created some supports for the road already.
     
    For the sides I used a Scalescenes sky. This was published in his blog about his own model railway.
    For printing I used this time Digital Fine Art Paper for Photography and Art from Innova. Their FibaPrint White Matt is a good choice for me. It gave a great print.
     

     

     
    I made the black and white structures fitting in the final box. In this way it is possible to avoid mistakes during constructing the final pieces.
     

     
    Because I want to try a little different way for constructing the Scalescenes building my next entry can be a little later than you are used from me.
    I like to follow some advices I got.
     
    I hope it is worth waiting for.
     
     
    Regards,
    Job
  3. Job's Modelling
    Making a railway layout or a diorama is actually telling a story. I found an interesting article about this subject, although aimed for writing a short story or a novel. But I have already seen some different approaches passing by on the RM web.
     
     
    1. VIGNETTE
    Typically, a vignette is defined as something that is incomplete, an impressionistic scene that centre’s around one moment, and gives the viewer an image of a person or place.
    For my layouts and diorama’s are vignettes. The viewer of a layout will see a train pass by and fills in his own story. The same occurs when someone is looking to a diorama.
     

    The interior of the Great Eastern pub in Bridge Street.
     
    2. SLICE OF LIFE
    Similar to the vignette, a slice of life story is incomplete in that it focuses on the common, a random series of moments or scenes. Often times these feel almost like journalism, documenting events without offering up any explanation, any thoughts or understanding of what has happened—and the story typically has an open ending.
    This could for instance be the case if you look at these two pictures of Daisy Page on Station Road.
     

     
    3. LIST
    There are any numbers of ways to write a list story, but typically, it is broken up into either numbered scenes, or a collection of objects or ideas under one concept.
    My story about Northall is actually a list story. I have broken the story up in the days of the week. In this way I will try to give a time based picture of the life of the family Page in Northall.
    For this see the attached PDF.
     
    Sunday 23 august 1959.pdf
     
    4. LENGTH
    You’ve certainly written short stories in a variety of lengths, but typically the length of a short story is supposed to be between about 1,000-7,500 words. But it is possible to use less words to tell a story.
    The honourable slipper boy told by Mikkel (picture used with permission) (http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/blog/75/entry-16866-the-honourable-slipper-boy-part-1/ ) is such a short story, told in pictures and words.
     

     
    For my Northall Story, that I will tell this way as a multimedia project, I have calculated that it will be possible to do it in about 3000 words.
    You can find my own multimedia presentation here: https://www.facebook.com/job.weessies/videos/947390605350238/
     
    IN CONCLUSION
    The bottom line is that what form you use it has to serve the story.
    I hope that I’ve inspired you to stretch yourself and experiment a bit. I’m sure I’ve missed some great ideas.
    But take some chances, experiment a little bit, and see what happens. It could be fun. And don’t forget to publish it on the RM-web.
     
    And as usual suggestion and comments are most welcome.
     
    Kind regards,
    Job
  4. Job's Modelling
    After I had designed the basic plan for 'Station Road – Shops under arches' and painted my figures, it is time to find the right place for the figures.
    On the map I marked the position of the girl and the boy.
     

     
    So to give the situation some what more personal I made some notes by the figures to create more “living” persons from them.
    This was an interesting journey. Reading the backgrounds of teenagers in the 1950's and the Teddy Boy culture in London and the UK.
     
    So let me introduce them to you.
     
    The girl in the yellow dress is:
     

     
    Vivien Hexman, just 19. She lives on 27 Tabart Road. She has brown wavy hair.
    She is beautiful and has a strong character, but it is her warmth and kindness which likes D. most. She works as a hairdresser by Karin (Millers) Hairdressing Salon on High Street in Northall.
    She likes to listen to American rock and music and is she likes Elvis Presley.
    She listens to this music on the jukebox in the Carousel, a coffee bar at Station Road.
    Her parents are working class people we like to listen to the more traditional and classic music on the BBC radio.
    They don’t like the why D. is dressed and his thoughts about society, although after Vivien brought him home and he made a good impression the will follow their friendship with an more open mind.
     
    The "Teddy boy" is:
     

     
    Darrel Fincher (20) lives at 13 Nice Street. He has black hair and is skinny. He likes to wear Teddy boy clothes. He doesn’t like all the ideas of them. He works at the factory of Ince & Mayhew, producers of office equipment as a metal worker.
    He found normal girls boring, but the teddy girls make him feel miserable. He actually loves a quit live, listening to his favourite skiffle music and hanging around with some friends in the Carousel.
    He is madly in love with Vivien, and they spend time together going to the movies, dancing and visiting the Carousel.
    He now wants a girl that loves him and will stay with him for ever, even if he had to marry her. He is a teenager in love.
     
    To see of the scene was correct I build a muck-up, that I can also use for other micro diorama’s. See the first picture.
     
    After placing the figures on the spots I marked on the drawing I noticed it wasn’t what I had in mind.
     

     
    After some trying out I believe this is the right position for me. See picture below. The white card will become the shops under arches.
     

     
    Regards,
    Job
  5. Job's Modelling
    Littleworth is the village at the end of the branch line from Northall.
     
    I have finished the main building of first model for Littleworth: a detached cottage. On the left side I have planned a garage.
    A low relief kit of Petite Properties and a picture from internet are used as a base.
    The Flemish bond brick texture is from Wordsworth Models. Free to download. All the other used textures are from Scalescenes, except for the curtains.
     
    I used for the roof some useful advice from the excellent book of David Wright “Making rural buildings.”
    This is the way I made the roof:
     
    The Scalescenes texture is A4 filled with rows of clay tiles. Scalescenes provides also an A4 with lines for gluing the tiles in the right position.
    I didn’t want a clean roof and searched for an example on the website of Textures.com. I use this to create the roof for my cottage.
    On the picture you can see the process:
    1. Glue the lines on the roof
    2. Gluing the clay tiles on 220 gsm cardstock
    3. Cutting a line of clay tiles
    4. Giving the individual line his shape
    5. Colouring the underside of the row with a raw umber pastel pencil
    6. Adding the shaped and coloured row to the roof
    7. Repeating step 3 to 6
     

     
    And of course, a picture of the finished cottage.
     

     
    A picture in this size shows my some points that are waiting for my pastel pencil and a chimney pot that is not correctly pushed in.
    Will be continued.
    As usual comment are much appreciated. 
     
    Kind regards,
    Job
  6. Job's Modelling
    I have finished the roof. I have used a roof texture from Scalescenes printed on 100 gsm Rice paper from Hahnemühle.
    You can still see on the picture some white lines. I have already coloured them in with a dark grey pastel. Weathering is done using a dark slate pigment from Vallejo.


    Northall has 'real living' persons. Here is the story behind the diorama:



    "Margaret Gates is looking through the window of the pet shop. She wanted to buy some Spratt biscuits for her dog, but th

    e lovely rabbits took her attention.

    Margaret lives in Caroline Street not far from the shops on Station Road."


     
     
     
    I have added a picture from her with her dog Ponto talking to her neighbour Mr. Page.
     

     
    Although the buildings are now finished I still must finish the diorama. I want to put a van in the street, that could be used by the owner of the pet shop. Most cars I buy are to glossy to use them straight from the box.
    Comments and suggestions are welcome.
    ​Kind regards,
    Job
  7. Job's Modelling
    For my birthday a got some modelling books. One of them was:
     

     
    I also will try to follow a book called “your Flow keep calm daily craft book.” In this book is a daily papercraft task you can do. I will translate this daily tasks in a way that suits my best. The task for one of these days was make a paper flower using a newspaper or a magazine.
    I translated this to try to make a road pavement try-out with weeds using paper textures.
    From page 88 on there is a chapter about paving. I have adopted a picture from this page for my try-out.
    I used the following textures:
    Kerbs – Smart Modelling GR14 Flagstone pavement
    Pavement – Smart Models GR15 Grey Tarmac
    Sewer – Model Railway Scenery Manholes, drains etc
    Cobblestones – Model Railway Scenery TX26
    Road Tarmac – Scalescenes TO34
     
    Most of them where just parts that where over from other projects. They where printed on high quality matt photopaper.
     
    I finished this very small try-out (4,8 x 4cm) adding some weeds. I used the following materials:
    Heki leaves 1561 – mid-green
    Mini-Natur moss pads late fall
     
    I also used some pigments from Vallejo to give it a used look.
     

     
    Hope you like the result of this little project.
     
  8. Job's Modelling
    In a reply of last entry of station road I said that a milk-bar was a place where teenager could meet each other.
     

     
    1950's milk bar date!
     
    I mentioned the above “sorbet”, and it had a nice description.
     
    The Knickerbocker Glories is a big glass of ice cream with strawberries, bananas, grapes and thick, whipped cream on top.
     
    Today I made a nice Italian pasta meal with courgette. So I thought it would be nice to make the Knickerbocker Glories for dessert.
     
    So this time some of my creative kitchen work. Just for fun.
     
    You need (form bottom to top)
    Some nice high glasses
     
    Ice cream ( I used sorbet ice)
    Some grapes – cut into half
    A banana – in slices
    Some strawberries – cut in slices
    Whipped cream ( I added some vanilla sucker)
     
    A sorbet spoon
     

     
    All the ingredients.
     

     
    The final result.
     
    My wife enjoyed it, me too.
     
    You may try it out. Bon appétit.
     
    Regards,
    Job
  9. Job's Modelling

    Personality 2

    By Job's Modelling,

    The girl as posted in my last entry.
     

     
    I have learned again. After reading the replies I tried to make the figure look “better”. After working on it I decided to give it a light coat of matt varnish using a spray. When the varnish was dry I screamed : HELP. It became very glossy.
     
    Then I tried something totally different to see if I could correct it. I used pastel pencils, a pastel pencil eraser and paper eraser.
    I liked to work with pastel pencils on the figure for detailing. The only thing I had to think of was the sharpen the pencils for a sharp point.
     
    The other thing I realised is ( I read it before in several other entries) that a digital camera is making everything visible. In a diorama or a layout we never look at that close to a figure. But the camera can be very useful in this you to help you to create a figure as good as possible.
     
    The pictures below are the result after my struggling efforts on this one.
     

     
    and
     

     
    I didn't varnish the figure this time. I have to find another varnish to do this. Suggestion are welcome.
    I’m waiting for your opinion.
     
    Regards,
     
    Job
  10. Job's Modelling
    I have built the Dock Basin.
    I wanted to opt for try-out no.4 acrylic paste, paint & varnish and a wooden pillar. But unfortunately my acrylic past wasn't doing the job properly. So I made a small change here. Instead of acrylic paste I used Gesso. Gesso is a base that is used to prepare the painting surface for acrylic paintings etc.
    The edge is made of separate build card edgings stones. On internet I found a stone merchant who had edge quay stones for sale. He also mentioned the size of the edge stones. I recalculated them for 4 mm to a foot: 19 mm long, 13 mm wide and 5 mm high. I made them 4 mm high, because that would make the way I want to make the track in the way easier for me.
    After I had completed the quay, pillars and the edge I gave them I first weathering. Then I gave it a coat of varnish for water color paintings.
     

     
    Next step was to paint the water surface. I gave it one coat of gesso, two coats of my mixture of Payne’s grey and Chromium Oxide Green acrylic paint and finally three coats of glossy varnish.
    After drying I started to give it a final weathering. I liked to give the alga along the edge of the water surface some more texture.
    Painting the water surface I hit on several places the quay. To hide this I made a mixture of PVA glue with greenish umber pigments. With a small brush I did hide the green water surface paint. In the still wet PVA paint I sprinkled some greenish umber pigment.
    Next step was to use some of the PVA paint to add some Woodlands burnt grass.
    Direct after applying I removed the supply of the burnt grass by knocking it off.
     
    The final result you can see in the pictures below.
     

    Basin overview &
     

    Basin detail.
     
    Below I summery of the materials I used:
    Dock wall and pillars: texture from Scalescenes
    Edge : seamless concrete quay wall texture from CGtextures
    Payne’s grey and Chromium Oxide Green acrylic paint
    PVA glue and PRITT glue
    greenish umber pigment from an art shop
    acrylic pencils: for instance green oxide, red chalk, sepia
    my scraped chalk mixture for general weathering: 6 parts white, 1 part brown, 2 parts black
    Woodlands burnt grass T44
    embossing pens
    and standard tools for card building.

    Next couple of weeks I'm going on holiday. Walking in the woods, cleaning up my head. So you have to wait for my next entry for a couple of weeks.
     
    Regards,
    Job
  11. Job's Modelling

    Painting cars.

    By Job's Modelling,

    Information
    A couple of months ago, I was searching the internet for information about painting a car. My OO-scale diecast models of course don’t need to paint completely. On the website of AK-interactive, I found some interesting information. I can advise everyone to download their catalogue: http://ak-interactive.com/v2/downloads-2/catalogue/ . It contains a lot of useful information.
    I also bought Tracks & wheels from AK-interactive. Although written for military modellers, it also contains useful for painting / weathering my diecast models. I bought their set for painting reacks and wheels.
    Painting
    I used their painting advice:
    Use satin or gloss varnish on civil vehicle Use a varnish before using a wash Use different types of varnish on a model (for instance wheels)

    So I gave my models a coat of satin varnish. For the underside of the cars and the wheels I used a matt varnish. For the wheel I used their description for wheels used in dry areas.
     
    Morris Oxford III
     
    The Morris Oxford III was the easiest one. I had to do the weathering of the wheels and painting the body with a satin varnish.
     

     
    The car belongs to Charles Holland, an estate agent with an office in Market Street. He is helping Mr. Sing Lee to found a new building for his Laundry.
     
    Mechanical Horse
     
    The mechanical horse I found more difficult to paint. I followed the same way of working as by the Morris. For the planks, I also used some advice I found in another AK booklet. But in this case I had to use other paints as they advised. At this moment, I must make careful choices spending my money. I have to do some investments for my visual problems. That has priority at this moment.
     

     
    I will make some loading at a later point.
     
    Advice, information or comments are welcome.
     
    Kind regards,
     
    Job
  12. Job's Modelling
    I have finished the gent’s hair saloon. I have used textures from Scalescenes. The shop signs I designed using Publisher with an example I found on Internet. I save the result as JPEG file and with the photo program in Windows 10 I cut the designed sign out. I copy past the cut-out picture to Word and resize it to make it fit.
    The Brylcreem sign for the shop I found on Internet and resized it to fit in the window.
     

     
    You can see Leonard, the barber, standing in his shop. Today’s costumer is Albert Miller, the pub occupier of the Great Eastern Pub in Bridge Street.
    I used some Preisser figures to create the scene. I also added a barber pole next to the door.
    I have put the shops in the street.
     

    I must do some additional weathering. The roof is also waiting to be finished.
     
    ​As always comments and suggestions are welcome.
    ​Regards,
    ​Job
  13. Job's Modelling
    Today I got an email from Ghost Signs. I follow his website, Facebook page and blog for a while now. Some time ago he asked for some modelled signs and I send him some picture of Nice Street. He asked me to write something about it. Now he wrote an article about Nice Street featuring some ghost and shop signs I used. I’m very pleased with the way he wrote about my modelling.
     
    Never thought my modelling would be published outside the RMweb.
    You can find the article here:
    http://www.ghostsigns.co.uk/2018/06/the-dioramas-of-northall-by-job-weessies.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ghostsigns+%28Ghostsigns%29

    Kind regards,
    Job
  14. Job's Modelling
    The first edition of the warehouse of Roope & Voss is demolished.
     
    I have decided to make Northall part of Greater London. In one of the books of Ruth Rendell inspector Wexford is ‘recovering’ in Kenbourne Vale, Postal district W15. Northall will be Postal district W16.
     
    After this a wanted to give the premises of Roope & Voss a more London look.
    I found a nice description of a famous warehouse in Wapping High Street. I used this description to create a guide for the design of the definite version of Roope & Voss.
     

     
    Using the same basic design I started to build the warehouse.
     
    Creating stone surroundings was new for me. It also took a lot of time.
     

     
    After finishing the cottage I liked to give the doors of the ware house a more ‘derelict’ appearance. With a picture from internet and a bit of working with Office publisher I created this doors.
     

     
    Then I started with the card building of the ware house.
     
    I hope the picture below will give you a first impression of how the premises of Roope & Voss Wine and Spirit Merchants will look.
     

     
    I still have to do some windows before I can show you the final appearance.
    Also have to give some thoughts how to create a believable inside of the warehouse at the other side, were I have the open doors.
     
    Regards,
    Job
  15. Job's Modelling
    The starting point.
     

     
    Last time I showed you the above picture.
    For now a quick progress entry.
     
    First of all I will thank everyone for his comment and positive support.
     
    So I started again. Using the templates from the Scalescenes small cottages. In this way I have only vertical lines.
    I added already some drainpipes made from 1,6mm rods from Evergreen and a drainpipe texture from one of the Scalescenes kits. I coloured them brown with a pastel pencil.
    I also added an “Anno” stone from Vector Cut. I coloured it with pastels and pigments using a soft brush, until I was satisfied with the colour.
    The doors are weathered again using a soft brush and some scraped soft neutral grey pastel from Schmincke.
    On the left you can see how I want to create the final windows using curtain textures from Scalescenes. I tried painting the edges of the windows and the doors with Vallejo paint and this was successful. So I will use this method also for the other windows.
    I also gave the roofs some wood supports. I hope the look better now.
    And remember the cottages will only be visible to the most right large window. The doors at the right won't be visible.
     

     
    When I have finished the windows I can glue the front in place and start finishing the front.
    I hope you agree with me that this is a more convincing result.
     
    As usual if anyone has useful information, comments or suggestions please let me know.
     
    Thanks for reading and till next time and kind regards,
    Job
  16. Job's Modelling
    I have trouble with my hay fever eyes. Modelling is a real challenge with cloudy sight every 5 minutes. Fortunately for my I don’t suffer from other hay fever problems any more due my medication.
    After trying for some while I stopped. I have to wait till sight is not cloudy anymore.
    Did some paperwork modelling instead. Trying to get my Northall story fitting to the design of my modules. Searching for background information to create stories for Northall based firms, companies and shops.
    Sorting out my pictures and other information.
     
    But this morning I got this beautiful movie about railway travelling. Look at it ….
     

     
    Then imagine you are travelling this with one of your favourite railway museum companies and you get surprised with some wonderful music.
    The movie gave me my mood back…
    Hoping I can get on with my modelling work soon. And of course happy modelling for you.
     
    Regards,
    Job
  17. Job's Modelling
    Writing about a colour palette is one. Designing one is a totally different story.
    Because I didn’t want to do the try and error method for a diorama I had to do some research first.
    I used the following approach.
     
    I copied a “picture” from the website of Scalescenes or from another supplier to Publisher. In this case the aged brown brick from Scalescenes.
     

     
    This is the easy part.
     


    1. For the creation of my colour palette I like to use a 1950’s colour scheme. I have used the B5252 colour chart before, for the making of shop signs. So for my colour palette I wanted to use this colour chart for finding some fitting colours. This did take some time.
    I also looked at the website of Citadel paints which colours I could use in combination of this brick sheet.
    When you use Publisher for this it is possible to layer the different elements. In this way I could see which colour fitted best.
    In this way I created a “reference sheet”. I have made already several as pdf.  
     
     
     
     

     
     
     
     
     

    2. The next step was selecting all the colours from the sheets I wanted to use for my diorama. After my first selection a decided to look for some other textures that would make my colour palette more balanced.
    Here is the colour scheme that I will use creating my next diorama.  
     
     
     
     

     
     
     
     
     

    The main problem is that the colours on my computer are totally different from a printed version of the aged brown brick on canvas photo paper. As I said in the reply of my last entry one of the things I have noticed is that every type of professional photo paper gives his own colour. So I think I will be surprised in some cases. But the colour scheme is a good reference and with the use of pastels and pigments I can bring the colours more together.  
     
     
     
     

    Next step is to create a black and white version of my new diorama. It will be called Back of Nice Street. Nice Street was one of my former diorama’s with a row of shops.  
     
     
     
     

     
     
     
     
     

    At the other side of the street is a row of cottages. I will build some back yards of this cottages as part of my new diorama.  

    Any suggestion or comments are welcome.
     
    Regards,
     
    Job
  18. Job's Modelling

    3D Sketch

    By Job's Modelling,

    For the figures I have found the right position. Now it is time to see of my design is right. A drawing on paper is always different than a 3D diorama.
    Also the dimension of this diorama are totally new to me. So I have to get familiar to them. So I decided to make a try-out diorama.
    The black & white diorama is just quick build. Not all the details are visible. I also have to make some small adjustments for the coloured version I have noticed all ready.
    Here is the overview. Just three lines of modelling.For the figures I have found the right position. Now it is time to see of my design is right. A drawing on paper is always different than a 3D diorama.
    Also the dimension of this diorama are totally new to me. So I have to get familiar to them. So I decided to make a try-out diorama.
    The black & white diorama is just quick build. Not all the details are visible. I also have to make some small adjustments for the coloured version I have noticed all ready.
    Here is the overview. Just three lines of modelling.
     

     
    I have still the possibility to make some changes. The replies of the entry about figure placing gave my some stuff to think about.
     
    Arch Records will be stay in place. Walden Books can be changed for the Carousel, a coffee bar or a snack bar. I can try this out after I have finished the arches and Arch Records.
     
    The shop window displays will be designed by myself. The displays from Scalescenes are not really end 1950’s.
    I will also have another look at fascia’s with the shop names and use time based fonts. The shop names here are made with the High Street Shop Fronts shop sign page. The fonts used by Scalescenes are, except from Times New Roman (1931) designed after 1960 and out of period for me.
     

     
    In this picture a view at street level. This is the total scene. Details have still to be filled in.
     
    The factory where Darrel works is in the background. The factory is basically the TO26 Factory/Warehouse from Scalescenes. I used windows from Windows and Arches of the scratch build section of Scalescenes. I had these to cut in size.
     
    Building this was useful. The black and white models give a good guidance for the final model. I also know what kind of problems I have to solve
     
    This is not the way it will be seen when everything is done. Then there will be a view through a viewing opening. To give you an impression look at the picture below.
     

     
    I hope you will follow my on this journey.
     
    Regards,
    Job
  19. Job's Modelling
    Mikkel said something about presentation of our modelling effort as an answer in my latest blog. I quote the line that made me write this entry: “ The blogs are fine but after a while the stories "disappear" into the depths of the blogosphere, and it would be nice to have them more easily accessible.”
    Then I realized that this was also the case with my entries in the card modelling and diorama forum.
    After looking at the entries in the card modelling section I saw I lost some information that could be useful for my ‘story’ about Northall.
    In an earlier entry I wrote something about this subject. Now I will show you how I save my information.
    I have made map called Northall information index:
     

     
    In the B section I saved information about Bridge Street, my first project.
     

     
    To save your information you have three possible solutions:
     
     
     

    - Your own computer (with a backup I suppose)
    - In the cloud (for me that’s the RM-web for my modelling publications)
    - Printing – print what you absolute don’t want to lose.  
    With the information I found in the entries in the card modelling forum, especially about the Great Eastern pub, I made a new file named Bridge Street description. I will share the part about the Great Eastern pub with you in this entry.
     
    No 2 Bridge Street - The Great Eastern
     

     
    History:
    In 1901 Francis Gibson (1876) from Oxford had taken over the Great Eastern. Succeeded in 1921 by Francis Gibson (1897), in 1938 by William Baker (1912) from Forby and in 1944 by Robert Bond (1929)
    Albert Miller took over the pub in 1955.
     
    Albert Miller, head, (1925) aged 34, pub keeper,
    Agnes Martin, wife (1927) aged 32,
    Madeline Miller, daughter, (1948) aged 11, scholar
    William Miller, son, (1950) aged 9, scholar
    They live above the pub.
     
    The pub is locally well known for its own ‘house’ darts competition. The pub champion then moved on to the Area final of the “The News of the World Individual darts tournament”.
    It is not money they are playing for but a huge trophy. This trophy may be held by the champion’s pub for a year, plus a replica for the winner and fame. The NoW was the chance for any man, who could throw a great dart to become not only a local but also a national hero.
    Arthur’s colleague Maurice Collum takes every year of this great event. He is also a member of the pubs dart team.
     
    Albert Miller is a collector of shipping posters of the Great Railway Company’s before 1948. In the pub he has exposed his collection.
    Mr Miller is also great expert of Scottish whiskey’s.
     

    Thomas Molloy is talking with Albert Miller about a news article
     

    While Thomas Malloy is sitting at the bar, talking with the pub owner, is Joan Bertram daydreaming in her room.
     
    Ethel Pope (1931) aged 28 – barmaid
     

    Ethel Pope is has parked her bicycle in back yard of the pub. The family’s cat Blacky is sitting on a cask to welcome her. Her duties have still to start.
     
    Guests:
    Joan Bertram (1933) aged 26 from London
    Thomas Molloy (1902) aged 57 sales agent from Oxford
     
    Thanks for reading and I hope my next entry is again about some modelling.
    And of course any comments, suggestion or additional information is welcome.
     
    Regards,
     
    Job
     
    PS. And for those who like the complete description of Bridge Street my PDF version:
    Bridge Street description.pdf
  20. Job's Modelling

    The George Inn

    By Job's Modelling,

    Here is update on my latest project. I have finished the pub, but there are some small things to do. Pictures are some great judges!
     
    The pub is, as said in my latest blog entry, a Petite Properties kit. I have used textures from the internet (the lower brick part), Scalescenes and Clever Models for the pub.
    It took a lot of time to put all the small paper parts into the frames. For the stucco I made my own PDF file with the right size for the stucco parts. Also, the chimney’s needed some extra care.
     
    I always work on a small A4 plateau which can be used on almost every table.
     

     

    The Austin A40 woodie is from John Day Models. It is easy to assemble, but hard to paint. A lot of little details. Paint is from the Citadel (main colour and chrome) and AK range (tyres and woodwork).
    The side shown on the picture is finished. I still have to do the other side and the back lights. When I have finished all the painting, I can finish the model.

     
    Suggestions, comments etc are welcome.
    Thanks for reading.
    Job
     
  21. Job's Modelling
    The starting point.
     

     
    Last time I had finished the frame for my row of cottages
    It all started reasonable well. I made a new template and printed the texture sheets on my textured photo paper of 190 gr/m. In the beginning everything went well.
     

     
    At the and I thought It would be handy to use small parts to fill in the openings that where left at the upper part of the windows. And here things went not the way I want it. I knew that with thinner paper it wasn’t a problem to work this way.
    But a picture says more than a thousand words. And I was also content with some parts. So let’s see:
     

     
    With the red rectangles I’m not content:

    A. The horizontal and vertical lines are too much visible by the smaller parts
    B. The smaller white edges can’t be coloured in with a pastel pencil  
    But:

    A. The longer vertical connection line (the small long blue rectangle) are almost invisible. I used two different textures here.
    B. The will try to paint the white window edges with some Vallejo paint.
    C. I like the way the printed doors look and the weathered appearance.  
    I won’t use to different brick textures in my next attempt, because in the APA-box it will not be visible. And I will use the Scalescenes templates to create the cottages. I have to use long small brick parts between the templates to create the front of my row, but the vertical connections will be less visible. I also will hide some connections with a drainpipe. Historically it is also correct if the brick connection is not totally even.
     
    I hope my next attempt will give the good result. But remember: we learn from our mistakes.
     
    Or if anyone has useful information, comments or suggestions please let me know.
    Thanks for reading and till next time and kind regards,
    Job
  22. Job's Modelling
    The starting point.
     

     
    In the picture above the row was almost finished.
     
    Now I have finished them. Below you can see the final result.
     

     
    Maybe it is nice to give an overview over the used materials.
     

    Ø Wall textures are printed Hahnemühle William Turner 190 gsm textured Fine Art photo paper. This is 100% cotton. In real the brickwork actually has a nice texture and the color is just great. This is my favourite printing paper for brickwork.
    Ø Doors are printed on Hahnemühle Photo Rag188 gsm. Also 100% cotton smooth Fine Art photo paper. This paper is more difficult to work with but is in my opinion great for photographic windows and doors. Weathering only can be done with sanded Schmincke soft pastels and a soft brush.
    Ø For the other textures I used Lana 150 gsm drawing paper.
    Ø Chimney pots are from Dart Casting and the latest for with Vallejo paint. They are all weathered with pigments and Schmincke soft pastels to get a more realistic terracotta stone effect.
    Ø For the drainpipes I used some Evergreen round plastic parts surrounded with a Scalescenes texture.  
    Personally I found the roof this time the most difficult part.
     
    Below a picture of the final scene. I have given the figures a coat of primer and have still to paint them. I also have to build a chair for the sitting man. I forgot to put the dog in the scene, next to the drainpipe and the end of the row. But he is also to be paint.
     

     
    I hoped you liked the entries about the building of my row of cottages and the final result. I now can go on with some card modelling for the factory yard wall in the front.
     
    As usual if anyone has useful information, comments or suggestions please let me know.
    Thanks for reading and till next time.
     
    Kind regards,
    Job
  23. Job's Modelling
    I always wanted to do something with my collection of 1950’s car models. Garages and showrooms are very useful to create a nice diorama. On the website of Kingsway Models I found a collection of useful items. I ordered his new Main Dealer Car Showroom. The showroom doesn’t have signs for Austin. And I wanted to build an Austin showroom. When I ordered my kit, I asked him if it was possible to create some Austin signs for my showroom. He kindly made some nice signs and a garage name.
    When I got the name of the dealer for my showroom. I asked Internet of it also really existed. To my surprise it did. It was a main dealer of Austin in the 1950’s in London and had already a long pre-war history. Here it is:
     

     
    Next step to find a correct range of models. That was the hard part for me. There are a lot of model available, but to get the right time frame was not as easy as I thought.
    Finally, I found a website with an overview of the models that were available in a certain year. After trying several options, I came out on 1954.
     
    Unfortunately, not all models are available in 1:76. I have seen some more than excellent models in the 1:43 range.
     

     
    The cars in the showroom will be a mixture of Pocketbond, Oxford diecast and John Day Models. I will make my finally choice if I have built the showroom. The John Day Models I have to paint and put together.
     
    I also did some further research for some scenic items, for instance posters or brochures for on a counter.
     

     
    After the research I started with the kit. The kit is kept neutral. For my Austin Garage I have changed the background walls with an Austin slogan with BMC sign and some posters.
     

     
    If you are surprised by the Dutch text in my pictures it is easy to explain. I publish daily on Facebook in My Story to inform also some Dutch interested friends. There are also some English speaking/reading people that follow me on Facebook.
    Will be continued.
     
    Any information, comments etc. are welcome. 
     
    Greetings,
    Job
  24. Job's Modelling
    This is my first kit from Kingsway Models. Signs are kindly made for me when I ordered the showroom.
     
    If you follow the instructions the kit is easy to build. I missed one essential instruction and had to do the front a little bit different. I made new textures for the front of the showroom. I scanned the original Austin and CarMart sign from Kingsway and used them to put them into my front textures.
     

     
    I was not happy with the roof textures of the original kit. For the garage roof I used a texture from Scalescenes. Kingsway does not supply roof flashing wit the kit. I don’t like to see the folds in the roof.
     
    Kingsway also supplies a complete roof for the showroom. I made just a part of the roof using a texture from Clever Models. I did this because my diorama will be placed in an IKEA APA box with indirect lighting. And the main purpose to build this diorama to create a diorama showing a collection of my Austin cars.
     

     
    At the right side of the showroom I created a yard with some petrol pumps and three second-hand Austin’s. These cars are already painted. The yard textures are from Scalescenes with weathered with grey pastel mixture. Petrol pump are from Kingsway Models.
     
    I still have to paint the cars for the showroom. But at this moment I have to finish some other projects first. The bird’s eye picture gives you an impression of the total diorama.
     

     
    Next update from this project will be when I have finished the painting of my showroom models.
     
    As always comments and suggestion are welcome.
    Greetings,
    Job
  25. Job's Modelling
    Mikkel suggested to see if it was possible to publish the story of a diorama in the gallery on the RM web.
    After his excellent entry about "The honourable slipper boy" http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/blog/75/entry-17254-the-honourable-slipper-boy-part-3/ it was time to see if his suggestion was workable.
    I have my story in Word, but I know that with the help of Publisher I can putting a picture ans a text together. You can then save the individual pages as JPEG-file. Now the picture and text cn be cut to a "fitting" JPEG file.
     
    You can see the result below.
     

     

     

     

     

     

     
    Please give my some feedback about this approach.
     
    I have also published these pictures in My Gallery under Station Road. http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/gallery/album/3457-station-road/
     
    Thanks fro reading,
     
    Kind Regards,
    Job
     
    PS. I have created an other picture.
    After this try out I know I have to build my diorama's in the right order.
    And every time I have to update my basic story.
    Using the same figures in different diorama's will also give great opportunities.
     

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